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That's EXACTLY what I was thinking of, the guys with their tympanies would be a cool mascot and it's something more or less exclusive to Lithuania seen in international competitions. The last pic of the wolf could be worked with as well, but not the robocop-looking one. The last one that was remotely plausible for a mascot was the stork, although we used it when we hosted Eurobasket in 1987 and won the gold, so... <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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But damn, a lot of the entries were just tasteless, uninspired crap (that includes the winning mascot as well, I can't work out what it is, is it a flame-headed basketball player?) with the epitome being the walking, talking 'basketball head' with buds of legs and arms. Seriously? Is that all people have today in terms of originality? <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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Lithuania has the highest density of storks in the world.
I learned this from a marketing brochure provided to me by Vilniaus Universitetas at a Study Abroad fair. It was one of 10 reasons why you should go to Lithuania. What a way to lure people to your country and hey in my instance in worked! True story.